Yeah, I suppose this indicates an unfortunate entrenchment.
At least there are beacons of hope, perhaps not unlike people such as Deirdre McCloskey.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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